EPA TRI Facility · Food
Koch Foods of Alabama
Montgomery, AL · Parent: Koch Foods Inc
- Total releases
- 26.8K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 4
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Koch Foods of Alabama: how the 26.8K lbs splits
26.8K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 26.8K lbs 100.0%
Koch Foods of Alabama's 26.8K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Ammonia.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Koch Foods of Alabama is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Montgomery, AL, in the food sector. It reported 4.2K lbs of releases across 4 chemicals in 2023, and 26.8K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 7,573 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Alabama's 559 reporting TRI sites, Chemical Waste Management leads both reported pounds (95.6M lbs) and chemical count (98 chemicals). The two rankings do not invert in this pool. Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: W&w-Afco Steel LLC; Qualico Miscellaneous Inc; Mplx Terminals LLC - Montgomery Al Terminal; The Nelson Paint Co of Alabama. Similar-scale Food peers outside Alabama: Tropicana Products Inc; Wwf Operating Co LLC; Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC DBA Oak Farms; Hanover Foods Corp. Other Koch Foods Inc sites in this extract: Koch Foods of Gadsden; Koch Foods of Pine Mountain Valley; Jcg Foods of Alabama LLC; Koch Foods of Fairfield. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia; Hydrogen sulfide; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Peracetic acid.
Compare Koch Foods of Alabama with
Nearest reporters in Alabama
- W&w-Afco Steel LLC Montgomery · 4.9K lbs
- Qualico Miscellaneous Inc Montgomery · 994 lbs
- Mplx Terminals LLC - Montgomery Al Terminal Montgomery · 5.6K lbs
- The Nelson Paint Co of Alabama Montgomery · 1.1K lbs
Similar-scale Food sites elsewhere: Tropicana Products Inc (CA) · Wwf Operating Co LLC (PA) · Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC DBA Oak Farms (TX)
Koch Foods of Alabama stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 4 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 26.8K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Tropicana Products Inc and Wwf Operating Co LLC.
Koch Foods of Alabama vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
27K lbs Top 29% higher than 71% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Koch Foods of Alabama: Ammonia-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Koch Foods of Alabama reports the 758th-largest volume (26.8K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Ammonia alone is 86.5% of the total. Scale peers outside Alabama include Tropicana Products Inc and Wwf Operating Co LLC.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Koch Foods of Alabama's pounds in one chemical - here Ammonia at 86.5%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Koch Foods of Alabama's total reported releases fell from 9.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 4.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Koch Foods of Alabama's air releases fell from 9.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 4.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Koch Foods of Alabama Form-R facts
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Comparison reflects reported pounds and chemical counts, not toxicity or health risk. Averages cover facilities reporting any release.
How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Koch Foods of Alabama releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 26.8K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 52% (8.8K lbs to 4.2K lbs).
Koch Foods of Alabama: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Koch Foods of Alabama year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 52% from 2019 to 2023). TRI figures are self-reported estimates and can swing with production, waste handling, and reporting changes, not only with controls. Lead chemical in the extract: Ammonia.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 8.8K lbs | 4 |
| 2020 | 1.1K lbs | 4 |
| 2021 | 3.6K lbs | 4 |
| 2022 | 9.1K lbs | 4 |
| 2023 | 4.2K lbs | 4 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonia | 23.2K lbs | - |
| Hydrogen sulfide | 3.6K lbs | - |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 0 lbs | - |
| Peracetic acid | 0 lbs | - |
Koch Foods of Alabama · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Koch Foods of Alabama
Closest other reporters in Alabama - including W&w-Afco Steel LLC, Qualico Miscellaneous Inc, Mplx Terminals LLC - Montgomery Al Terminal, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 558 other reporting facilities in Alabama.
Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Alabama - e.g. Tropicana Products Inc, Wwf Operating Co LLC, Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC DBA Oak Farms.
Compare beyond Alabama
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Koch Foods of Alabama on cumulative reported pounds (26.8K lbs) and distinct chemical count (4). Release-pound peers include Vance Brothers LLC, Interstate Chemical Co United Erie, Univar Solution USA Inc Borger. Chemical-count peers include Hamilton Sundstrand de Puerto Rico Inc., Abb Installation Products Caribe LLC, Solenis LLC. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
Similar reported release pounds
Nearest out-of-state reporters (≥1,000 lbs) by absolute TRI pounds, not same-industry or same-county neighbors.
- Vance Brothers LLC Oklahoma City, OK · Petroleum 26.8K lbs reported
- Interstate Chemical Co United Erie Erie, PA · Chemical Wholesalers 26.8K lbs reported
- Univar Solution USA Inc Borger Borger, TX · Chemical Wholesalers 26.8K lbs reported
- Bedford Reinforced Plastics Inc Bedford, PA · Plastics and Rubber 26.8K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
- Hamilton Sundstrand de Puerto Rico Inc. Santa Isabel, PR · Transportation Equipment 4 chemicals
- Abb Installation Products Caribe LLC Vega Baja, PR · Electrical Equipment 4 chemicals
- Solenis LLC Chicopee, MA · Chemicals 4 chemicals
- Adhesive Applications Inc. - O'Neill St Easthampton Easthampton, MA · Miscellaneous Manufacturing 4 chemicals
Other Koch Foods Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Koch Foods of Gadsden, Koch Foods of Pine Mountain Valley, Jcg Foods of Alabama LLC.
About TRI Data
Data as of 2023 reporting year. Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Toxic Release Inventory.
On this page the largest disclosed chemicals include Ammonia, Hydrogen sulfide, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Peracetic acid; nearby reporters include W&w-Afco Steel LLC. Koch Foods of Alabama stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN carcinogen-lbs on this Form-R extract. Totals are self-reported estimates under EPCRA §313, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score.
Use and verify this record
This Koch Foods of Alabama TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Ammonia) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Koch Foods of Alabama totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Montgomery, AL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311615 · Food. 2.4% of Montgomery TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Vance Brothers LLC (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Koch Foods of Alabama stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Ammonia. PlainEnviro renders this EPA Form-R extract from its pipeline; no figure is typed in by an editor. Corrections: editorial policy.
All federal data sources used on this page
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Basic Data Files - annual self-reported chemical-release filings. epa.gov
- EPA TRI Program reference - how chemicals and reported releases are counted. epa.gov
- EPA Facility Registry Service - facility location and identity. epa.gov
- EPA ECHO - regulatory and compliance context. epa.gov
- EPA Envirofacts - the EPA data warehouse exposing these datasets. epa.gov